These Australian thrashers released the reasonable 'Mayhemic Destruction' but it was the follow up that caused a stir, however, even despite the classy thrash hooks of 'I Am Immortal', the band would never be able to compete with their US idols, despite strong influence on this record of Metallica and Testament. This is solid, reliable thrash that chugs along at mid-pace, the band concentrate to write accessible and decent songs and achieve that, but the final result is a watered down record which has too many troughs among its peaks. Crisp, clear production aids its values but there's an air of familiarity about it, even on the pounding opening of 'Innocent Torture'. Exodus, and so many Bay Area acts had by this time released similar yet better records, so Mortal Sin would fall by the way side, but looking back it could be fair to say that the critics were eventually unkind, because despite the almost mundane chug, Mortal Sin simply attempted to create reliable thrash, and that is something they sure did.
7/10
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